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Domestic Hot Water Recirculation Systems

It's really not your mother's fault. How could she have known you would wind up in such a dilemma one day because of a check valve? Here you are, with sediment clogging u...

Published on 06/18/2014 4:16 PM by Larry and Suzanne Weingarten
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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Diverter-Tee Q&A

Q: What's the principle of the diverter-tee system? A: This system lets you supply hot water to a radiator and return cooler water from the same radiator by using a singl...

Published on 06/18/2014 3:24 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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Why Some Compression Tanks Fail

Packaged boilers have been popular for a very long time and they sure do make a contractor’s life easier. These days, most packaged boilers come with a circulator in the ...

Published on 06/18/2014 1:12 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
Gas-Pipe Sizing Chart

This helpful chart will show you the maximum delivery capacity of cubic feet of gas per hour of IPS pipe carrying natural gas of 0.60 specific gravity based on a pressure...

Published on 06/18/2014 1:02 PM
Posted in Steam Heating and Hot-Water Heating